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<p>This paper summarizes current knowledge about East African pholcids. East Africa is defined as the area from 12°S to 5°N and from 28° to 42°E, including all of Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. An annotated list of the 15 genera and 87 species recorded from this area is given, together with distribution maps and an identification key to genera. Most East African species (90%) belong to one of only six genera: <em>Buitinga</em> Huber, 2003 (21 species); <em>Smeringopus</em> Simon, 1890 (18); <em>Pholcus</em> Walckenaer, 1805 (17); <em>Spermophora</em> Hentz, 1841 (12); <em>Leptopholcus</em> Simon, 1893 (5) and <em>Quamtana</em> Huber, 2003 (4). Eight species for which DNA sequence data have been published recently are newly described: <em>Buitinga batwa</em> sp. nov., <em>B. wataita</em> sp. nov., <em>Spermophora mau</em> sp. nov., <em>S. maathaiae </em>sp. nov., <em>S. bukusu</em> sp. nov., <em>S. kirinyaga</em> sp. nov., <em>S. kyambura</em> sp. nov. and <em>Quamtana nyahururu</em> sp. nov. <em>Crossopriza johncloudsleyi</em> Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001, previously only known from Yemen, is redescribed based on specimens from Kenya. Additional new records are given for 21 previously described species.</p>